11/21/2012
Global business migration to London to benefit Ireland, says City mayor
“London is particularly against it because it is a tax on London, because so much of Europe’s financial services business goes through London.”
11/21/2012
“London is particularly against it because it is a tax on London, because so much of Europe’s financial services business goes through London.”
11/21/2012
The challenge in 2013 will be to sustain the current reflation policies while keeping inflation at bay.
11/21/2012
Investors have ranked economic recovery as their main concern when building a portfolio
11/20/2012
The member states of the European Monetary Union are engaged in a cat-and-mouse game as they struggle to find the right answers, accountabilities and policy options.
11/20/2012
Eurozone finance ministers discuss Greece (again)
11/20/2012
The European Central Bank (ECB) has been criticised for “kicking the can down the road”
11/19/2012
Global investment banks have improved their performance over the past few months
11/19/2012
The first in-depth investigation of whether youthful happiness leads to greater wealth in later life reveals that, even allowing for other influences, happy adolescents are likely to earn more money as adults.
11/19/2012
Income investing is not new. What is new are the challenges faced by investors in creating a portfolio with the right level both of income and risk in this low yield, low growth, more uncertain world.
11/19/2012
ECB buys time for improvement in Eurozone periphery
11/19/2012
I guess it's almost that time of the year; 'out with the old and in with the new'. Maybe 'out with the old and in with the booze' might be more appropriate as we approach 'trifle season'.
11/19/2012
The US is guilty of behaving like a bully on FATCA and the UK government should have the courage to say so, says CISI
11/18/2012
In our view, Dutch banks are exposed to increased economic risks
11/18/2012
Bankers looking for a career boost are facing up to a clear choice: go East.
11/18/2012
Is this another classic British example of being by-passed by technology and innovation, as well as blended with poor management and archaic trade unions?
11/18/2012
*Europa, in Greek mythology, after whom the continent of Europe was ultimately named, was abducted by Zeus in the form of a white bull. Apparently.
11/18/2012
Last week was a sea of challenging news. We believe the markets have over-discounted some of the more pessimistic headlines.
11/18/2012
The 2012 "shareholder spring" over executive pay was an illusion, with the real battles likely to come over the next two years, according to a report.
11/18/2012
France has suffered a serious blow to its economic credentials after being stripped of its prized AAA credit rating by Moody’s.
11/15/2012
A central question of both the book and the film was: how could a small-market, small-budget baseball team like the Oakland A’s compete against teams from larger markets that had the resources to pay top dollar for superstar players?